Eden Rock - Charles Causley

Eden Rock - Charles Causley

1. "Eden Rock" (Biblical reference)

   • Reference to the Garden of Eden
     • Suggests this place with his parents is perfect and peaceful

2. "My father, twenty-five...My mother, twenty-three"

   • Introductions to the two parents mirror each other, emphasising their closeness

3. "white"

   • Pure, peaceful colour

4. "takes on the light" (angelic image)

   • The light in his mother's hair gives an angelic image

5. "slowly"

   • The action of his mother and father are tranquil and peaceful

6. "Leisurely, They" (enjambment)

   • Creates a pause which imitates the leisurely way the narrator's parents beckon to him

7. "is not as hard as you might think"

   • The narrator's parents comfort and encourage him

8. "I had not thought that it would be like this" (monosyllabic language)

   • Creates a tone of child-like simplicity
   • Ambiguous as we don't know what 'it' actually is.
     • He may be referring to his preparing to die, or the afterlife